Ceylon "Hoppers" (1882)

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   Again, this major national dish is not in the OED.


   31 August 1882, FOREST AND STREAM: A JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR LIFE, TRAVEL, NATURE STUDY, SHOOTING, FISHING, YACHTING (American Periodical Series online database), pg. 86:

_AN ELK HUNT IN THE "SPICY ISLE."_
(...)
   Into the tub, or rather small swimming bath, which is an adjunct of all good Ceylon bungalows, a grand rub down, and then into the dining-room, where ten as jolly planters as ever drunk beer, sounded a loud "toot-toot" on the old horn.  "Just one more peg, old chappie," and "Here's to the health of them that's awa'in in the dear old country," sat round the festive board, the kerosene lamp struggling with the light that was slowly beginning to dawn.  Eggs, bacon, bread and "hoppers," all the delicacies of a planter's morning tea, were being rapidly consumed, and the clatter of the plates was drowned by the clatter of the tongues, as every one "jawed" about his past, present or future hunts.